Bosmere and Claydon was a hundred of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, consisting of 31850 acres (128.9 km²).

The hundred is a fertile and picturesque district varying from 8 to about 12 miles (19.3 km) in length and breadth. It is bounded on the south by the Borough of Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

 and Samford Hundred

Samford (hundred)

Samford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of . It was situated to the south and south west of Ipswich.The hundred was bounded by the River Orwell to the east, Essex to the south, the River Brett to the west, and the parish boundaries of Burstall, Hintlesham and Sproughton to the...

, on the west by Cosford

Cosford (hundred)

Cosford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .The hundred consisted of Hadleigh, the only town of any size, and seventeen other parishes in western Suffolk. The area is undulating and agriculturally-fertile with clay soil, watered by the River Brett and its tributary streams...

 and Stow

Stow (hundred)

Stow was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Stow Hundred a fertile and picturesque district in central Suffolk around seven miles in length and breadth. It is bounded by Cosford, Bosmere and Claydon, Thedwestry, Blackbourn and Hartismere Hundreds...

 Hundreds on the north by Hartismere

Hartismere (hundred)

Hartismere was a hundred of Suffolk, that later gave its name to a poor law union, a rural sanitary district, and the Hartismere Rural District....

 and Thredling

Thredling (hundred)

Thredling was a hundred of Suffolk, and at just under the smallest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.The five parishes of Thredling fall into the Deanery of Claydon, the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and the Diocese of Norwich. The hundred was bounded by Loes, Carlford, Hoxne, Hartismere and Bosmere and Claydon...

 Hundreds and on the east by Carlford Hundred

Carlford (hundred)

Carlford is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Carford Hundred is of an irregular figure about ten miles in length and from four to six miles wide. It is bounded on the south by Colneis Hundred, on the east by Wilford Hundred and the River Deben, on the north by Loes Hundred and on the west by...

. It falls in the Deaneries of Bosmere and Claydon in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk and Diocese of Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

.

Its clay soil has long been associated with agriculture, and is suited to grain production. It is crossed by the River Gipping

River Gipping

The River Gipping is the source river for the River Orwell in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, which gave its name to the former Gipping Rural District and the village of Gipping....

 which becomes the River Orwell

River Orwell

The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river, above the tidal limit at Stoke Bridge, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich where the Ipswich dock has operated since the 7th century and then flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe...

 at Ipswich on becoming an estuary. Its main settlement is the town of Needham Market

Needham Market

Needham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. To prevent the spread of the disease, the town was chained at either end, which succeeded in its task but at the cost of...

.

The hundred's name is taken from the parish of Claydon

Claydon, Suffolk

Claydon is a small village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is 'clay-on-the-hill', though it is not much of a hill....

 which falls within its bounds, and Bosmere, originally "Bosa's mere", a small lake near Needham Market in the grounds of Bosmere Hall.

Parishes

Bosmere and Claydon Hundred consisted of the following 33 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Akenham Akenham Akenham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in Eastern England. Located on the northwestern edge of Ipswich, in 2005 it had an estimated population of 60....	1060
Ashbocking Ashbocking Ashbocking is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is about seven miles north of Ipswich, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 318....	1383
Badley Badley Badley is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is located between Stowmarket and Needham Market, in the Mid Suffolk district. With an electorate of less than 100, it has an infrequent parish meeting rather than a parish council....	1050
Barham Barham, Suffolk Barham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is on the River Gipping, near Great Blakenham, Coddenham and Claydon, and is on the A14 road about six miles north of Ipswich. Barham has one pub, The Sorrel Horse....	1800
Battisford Battisford Battisford is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is about south of Stowmarket, and is directly alongside Wattisham Airfield....	1542
Baylham Baylham Baylham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about seven miles northwest of Ipswich and six miles southeast of Stowmarket...	1332
Bramford Bramford Bramford is a medium-sized village, three miles west of Ipswich, Suffolk, in the Mid Suffolk administrative district. Recorded in the Domesday Book as "Brunfort" or "Branfort". The River Gipping , runs at the bottom of the village and was a busy navigable waterway during the 19th century...	3247
Claydon Claydon, Suffolk Claydon is a small village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is 'clay-on-the-hill', though it is not much of a hill....	951
Coddenham Coddenham Coddenham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located to the north of the A14 road, the parish also includes the hamlet of Coddenham Green. In 2005 its population was 570....	2719
Creeting All Saints	1286
Creeting St Mary Creeting St Mary Creeting St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Sandwiched between the A14 and A140 to the north of Needham Market, the parish also includes the hamlet of Creeting Bottoms. In 2005 its population was 710. The buck of a windmill survives in...	1441
Creeting St Oliver	388
Crowfield Crowfield, Suffolk Crowfield is a village from Ipswich which is the county town of Suffolk. Crowfield is in Helmingham and Coddenham ward in the Mid Suffolk local authority in the East of England region.As at the 2001 Census, Mid Suffolk 007B had 2,034 residents...	1700
Darmsden Darmsden Darmsden is a small settlement in Suffolk, England. It is near the A14 road and is south of the town of Needham Market....	790
Flowton Flowton Flowton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around three miles west of Ipswich, the parish also contains the hamlet of Flowton Brook. In 2005 its population was 120....	495
Gosbeck Gosbeck Gosbeck is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles north of Ipswich, in 2005 its population was 220.The parish contains Gosbeck Wood, an ancient woodland and SSSI....	1530
Great Blakenham Great Blakenham Great Blakenham is a small village near Ipswich, in Suffolk UK.The future ski centre, Snoasis, is planned to be built there and a train station. The Town 102 radio station is based there....	842
Great Bricett Great Bricett -External links:* *...	916
Helmingham Helmingham Helmingham is a village in Suffolk, England, 12 miles east of Stowmarket, and 12 miles north of Ipswich. It has a population of 170. It retains the same name by which it was recorded in Domesday....	2438
Helmingstone	1444
Henley Henley, Suffolk Henley is a small village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England.-Geography:Henley is positioned on a hill between two valleys. To the west of the village is a hill that extends down to the villages of Claydon and Barham situated in the Gipping Valley. East of the village is the Fynn Valley...	1233
Little Blakenham Little Blakenham Little Blakenham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles north-west of Ipswich and a mile south-west of its larger sister village Great Blakenham, in 2005 its population was 310. The parish also contains the hamlets of...	1046
Mickfield Mickfield Mickfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles north-east of Stowmarket, in 2005 its population was 200....	1300
Needham Market Needham Market Needham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. To prevent the spread of the disease, the town was chained at either end, which succeeded in its task but at the cost of...	3164
Nettlestead Nettlestead, Suffolk Nettlestead is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located to the north-west of Ipswich, in 2005 its population was 90....	1029
Offton Offton Offton is a village in Suffolk, England....	1530
Ringshall Ringshall Ringshall is the name of more than one place.In the United Kingdom:*Ringshall, Berkhamsted, a hamlet on the border between Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire*Ringshall, Suffolk*Ringshall Stocks, Suffolk...	2116
Somersham Somersham, Suffolk Somersham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles northwest of Ipswich, in 2005 its population was 710.There are two churches in the village:St...	1027
Stonham Aspal Stonham Aspal Stonham Aspal is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles east of Stowmarket, in 2005 its population was 590.The village contains the Ten Bells public house....	2399
Stonham Earl Stonham Earl Stonham Earl is a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located between the A14 and A140 to the east of Stowmarket, the parish contains the village of Earl Stonham , together with the hamlets of Forward Green and Middlewood Green. In 2005 its population was 650....	2521
Stonham Parva	1173
Swilland Swilland Swilland is a village and a civil parish in the ancient hundred of Bosmere-and-Claydon, in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is north of the large town of Ipswich. Swilland has a church called St Mary...	951
Willisham Willisham Willisham is a small village in the suburbs of the county town of Ipswich, Suffolk.The small parish village has been present since the 18th century and was once home to wheat and barley farmers....	1030

See also

• Hundreds of Suffolk
  Hundreds of Suffolk
  The county of Suffolk was divided into hundreds between Saxon times and the 19th century, when they were replaced for administrative purposes by districts.In 1831 the county was subdivided into twenty-one hundreds and three municipal boroughs...